"m II" wrote in message
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Al Patrick wrote:

Just out of curiosity, how would that stop those of us with
shortwave radios from tuning into foreign newscasts and finding
out what's going on?


Therein might lie the key!


Is this why the broadband over powerlines is getting all set to ruin
reception? What about the new digital broadcast technology? You need
a
subscription. If it's an encrypted key card used, then it's an easy
matter to trace who is listening to what...just like the IP control
numbers of your web cruising.

The US government recently shutting down independent news web sites
around the world doesn't look too good either. This is what a
Stalinist
state does, not the home of Jefferson, Franklin and all the
others...


I think you left out a few things that a Stalinist state does that the
U.S. does not do.